Teen dd bit by friends dog.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 18/04/2021 21:23

I think if she had a tetanus booster recently she should be fine, but maybe ring the doctors in the morning to be sure.

murbblurb · 18/04/2021 21:24

Dog bites may need a course of antibiotics as can produce a nasty infection. Minor injuries job.

Veterinari · 18/04/2021 21:29

Give it a good clean if it's like a graze it sounds like more of a scrape of a tooth as sge's automatically pulled away than a bite. A puncture may need antibiotics but a superficial injury should be fine if cleaned

TheNorthWind · 18/04/2021 21:37

If there's no depth and no redness to it, I wouldn't worry, especially seeing as she's just had a tetanus booster and it was through fabric, so no saliva would even have touched her skin.

Honestly, if it's just a graze from a bared tooth, I can't see there's anything to worry about, but smear it with some savlon if it makes you feel better. As Vetinari said, this doesn't sound like a real bite with a proper puncture wound, which would obviously be very different.

BigWolfLittleWolf · 18/04/2021 21:52

Were the friend’s parents there?

I agree it doesn’t sound like a ‘proper’ bite but it is still aggression that has resulted in an injury at the end of the day.

If the dog had a litter of puppies the parents of your DD’s friend should have have had the common sense to keep the dog away from guests, they owe you and your daughter a massive apology.
I would be absolutely furious if that happened to my DD

Notaroadrunner · 18/04/2021 21:56

I'd tell the parents if only to alert them that the dog may be likely to nip at their kids too.

annacondom · 18/04/2021 22:02

I would wash it with soap and put some Savlon on it. I wouldn't bother with the doctor unless it starts looking as if there's infection. But shoving the cream into it should sort it. My dog bit me several times when I was a kid (always when he had a bone which he thought I wanted to take away) and there was only ever a bit of a bruise.

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longhaulstress · 18/04/2021 22:24

Thanks for your replies.
I've got germolene in will that help instead of savalon? I'll just keep an eye on it then for now.

The friends parents were there when it happened and apologised to her /locked the dog away but I'm still quite cross about it.

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BigWolfLittleWolf · 18/04/2021 22:40

I think I would just apply antiseptic regularly, like savlon or similar.

Yes, so would I be.
People have a responsibility to make sure their dogs don’t injure others.

I wouldn’t say or do anything purely because your DD doesn’t want you to and I wouldn’t want to cause problems for her with her friends but unless she’s a much older teen I wouldn’t allow her to go to that friends house again because I wouldn’t trust her parents to keep her safe, but that is just me.

Reminds me of when my DS went to his friend’s house with an enormous dog, huge, 6 odd foot standing on two legs.
DS came home with severe scratches where the dog had jumped on him.
I was really annoyed but didn’t say anything because I have dogs myself and badly trained dogs do jump to say hello, it wasn’t intentional injury.
Some weeks later he told me how his friend was showing him a trick him and his sister played with the dog regularly where they tap it’s nose and it growls and curls it’s lips up.
They all took it turns.
I just felt sick to my stomach and he never went again.
When the mum later told me the dog growled all the time at the kids it really confirmed to me I’d made the right choice.
Some people are just so fucking stupid when it comes to dogs.

I don’t know your DD or her friends of course, but her friend’s parents sound much the same.

TheNorthWind · 18/04/2021 22:50

It's already been 24 hours. Presumably the skin has closed/formed a scab now. But yes, Germolene or any generic antiseptic cream will do exactly the same job.

It's unfortunate that this has happened, but honestly, "Mother animal is very protective of new babies" is hardly news. Equally, they should have predicted that it would be stressful for her and maybe not had visitors in just yet.

FeistySheep · 19/04/2021 09:57

What PP said about looking after the bite mark - clean thoroughly and so long as not red/hot it will be fine.

Regarding the fact that she was bitten at all, I think since the parents apologised and took action to lock the dog away they did the right thing AFTER the event. Perhaps they should have been more proactive beforehand, but maybe they will now they have the benefit of hindsight. The thing they should have done differently is to say to you and your DD that 'We have puppies. You're welcome to see them, but please be aware that puppies are bitey, and therefore there's a good chance you'll get bitten. Your choice!'

All my pups have been bitey for a while. Pointing them towards chew toys helps, but essentially they need to grow out of it as it's a natural part of puppyhood. This maybe doesn't apply to all breeds, I don't know. I've introduced my pups to young children, but warned them and their parents about the teeth in advance!

BigWolfLittleWolf · 19/04/2021 10:09

IRegarding the fact that she was bitten at all, I think since the parents apologised and took action to lock the dog away they did the right thing AFTER the event. Perhaps they should have been more proactive beforehand, but maybe they will now they have the benefit of hindsight. The thing they should have done differently is to say to you and your DD that 'We have puppies. You're welcome to see them, but please be aware that puppies are bitey, and therefore there's a good chance you'll get bitten. Your choice*
As I understood it, I thought it was the adult dog that bit the OP’s daughter?

If it was one of the puppies then I take back everything I said, puppies do bite and there’s no malice there at all.

I read it as one of the adult dogs bit as it was protective of the puppies.
And in that situation, I feel the parents were massively irresponsible and reckless.

Guests should not have been allowed near the parent dogs that have a litter of puppies.
It to me, smacks of the all too common attitude of ‘my fur baby would never harm anyone’ so the dogs are put in situations they shouldn’t be.

And I think apologising to the OPs DD and locking the dog away falls short.
The parents should have notified OP immediately, explained what happened and apologised profusely.
They don’t seem at all concerned by what has happened.

BigWolfLittleWolf · 19/04/2021 10:10

Regarding the fact that she was bitten at all, I think since the parents apologised and took action to lock the dog away they did the right thing AFTER the event. Perhaps they should have been more proactive beforehand, but maybe they will now they have the benefit of hindsight. The thing they should have done differently is to say to you and your DD that 'We have puppies. You're welcome to see them, but please be aware that puppies are bitey, and therefore there's a good chance you'll get bitten. Your choice
As I understood it, I thought it was the adult dog that bit the OP’s daughter?

If it was one of the puppies then I take back everything I said, puppies do bite and there’s no malice there at all.

I read it as one of the adult dogs bit as it was protective of the puppies.
And in that situation, I feel the parents were massively irresponsible and reckless.

Guests should not have been allowed near the parent dogs that have a litter of puppies.
It to me, smacks of the all too common attitude of ‘my fur baby would never harm anyone’ so the dogs are put in situations they shouldn’t be.

And I think apologising to the OPs DD and locking the dog away falls short.
The parents should have notified OP immediately, explained what happened and apologised profusely.
They don’t seem at all concerned by what has happened.

sunflowersandbuttercups · 19/04/2021 13:23

She went to her friends house yesterday and her friends dog has not long had a litter of puppies (they have both the mum and dad there) one nipped my dd on her knee as she was coming out in to the garden

It's not clear - which dog bit your DD? One of the parents or one of the puppies?

FeistySheep · 19/04/2021 14:16

Oh! I read it as it was one of the puppies that bit, and thought well that's just to be expected really!
If the post does mean that it was the adult dog that bit your DD though, that's a bit different. In that case the owners should have realised the dog was protective and either kept the pups away, or (if the pups old enough) allowed the kids to see the pups whilst the adult dog was kept in a different room.

Profiterolegirl · 19/04/2021 18:10

Maybe don't avail of their hospitality again if you are so cross about it.

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longhaulstress · 19/04/2021 20:03

Yes it was the adult dog who bit her

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